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privileged user

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

A user that is authorized (and, therefore, trusted) to perform security-relevant functions that ordinary users are not authorized to perform.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Role90%rule-basedr:entity.role.named.v1
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
privileged role
plural
privileged users
possessive
privileged user's
pluralpossessive
privileged users'